"The Second Aden Coup" .. Six provinces reject it and the Yemeni foreign minister calls on Saudi Arabia to intervene

Yemeni Foreign Minister Mohammed Al-Hadrami called on Saudi Arabia to take a clear stance and strict measures towards the continuation of what he described as the UAE-backed southern transitional rebellion, and its declaration of "autonomy", while six Yemeni provinces rejected the move.

Al-Hadrami said that the transitional council's announcement of its intention to administer the south represents a continuation of its armed rebellion against the state, which began last August.

The same source stated that this announcement is a rejection and a complete withdrawal from the Riyadh Agreement, and the Transitional Council alone bears its grave and disastrous consequences, as he put it.

The Southern Transitional Council in Yemen - backed by the UAE - had announced self-administration of the areas it controls in the south of the country, as of midnight on April 25, and the legitimate government described what happened as an armed rebellion.

The Council also announced, in a statement issued by its President, Aidroos Al-Zubaidi, the state of public emergency in Aden and the southern governorates, and mandated the forces affiliated with the Council to implement them from yesterday, Saturday.

In his statement, Al-Zubaidi accused the Yemeni government of not performing its duties, as he accused the Saudi-Emirati coalition of "unjustified silence" over these actions, noting that the council had given them (the Yemeni government and the coalition) a deadline since early October last to improve the living conditions, without creating Any processors.

Rejected and protested
In its response to this step, the authorities of six southern Yemeni governorates out of eight announced their rejection of the southern transitional council declaring self-rule over the south of the country.

The provincial authorities in Hadramout, Shabwa, Al-Mahrah, Abyan, Socotra and Lahj (South), in successive statements, rejected the Southern Transitional Declaration, and its adherence to loyalty to the legitimacy and to the Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.

The UAE-backed transitional council has been in control in Aden, the country's interim capital since last August, after fierce fighting with government forces that ended with the expulsion of legitimacy, which accused the UAE of plotting a second coup, after the Houthi coup, which Abu Dhabi denies.